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Grateful Dead Live at Frost Amphitheatre - Stanford University on 1983-08-20

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1983-08-20 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Audience, FOB, Rango Keshavan, Charlie Miller

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1

Alabama Getaway ->
Greatest Story Ever Told
They Love Each Other
New Minglewood Blues
Bird Song
Looks Like Rain
Tennessee Jed
My Brother Esau ->
Deal

Set 2

Shakedown Street
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Ship Of Fools ->
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes Of The World ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Other One ->
Black Peter ->
Good Lovin'

Encore
One More Saturday Night

Notes

Patch Info:
Neumann KM84 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (shnid=12081) supplies:
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (0:00 - 0:01)
Good Lovin' (7:35 - 7:45)

Notes:
-- Set 2 disc change is seamless
-- Thanks to Rango Keshavan for lending me his masters
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the patch source pitch correction

Addeddate: 2008-12-16 23:16:45

Identifier: gd1983-08-20.fob.sony220t.keshavan.miller.96387.sbeok.flac16

Lineage: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> r8brain PRO v1.5 -> FLAC/16

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Run time: 166:38.19

Source: (FOB) Sony ECM-220T -> Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M/Fuji Metal Tape/Dolby B)

Taped by: Rango Keshavan

Transferred by: Charlie Miller

Type: sound

Venue: Frost Amphitheatre - Stanford University

Year: 1983

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Reviewer: Dark Star 101 - - August 21, 2020
Subject: My First CA Show

Aside from Red Rocks the previous summer, all of my earlier shows were East of the Mississippi, most in concrete “coliseums”. Suffice to say the Frost was an incredibly lush dream - a beautiful afternoon in a small intimate venue filled with chill west coast heads. No wonder I moved to SF two years later! In any case this show cooks and we zoomed along in merriment. For some reason we ended up at a Chucky Cheese after the show for some food, which just extended the trip even further. Oh the memories! Definitely recommend this show for both the playing and sound quality. I’ll take a great AUD like this over a SBD just about any day. Finally, another Esau fan here - not sure I appreciated it much back then, but love it now!

Reviewer: darkstarduff - - July 3, 2020
Subject: My Favorite Venue Ever

Ah, what a time that was. We were young, relatively innocent, and so blessed to be in the house for another show in this gorgeous place. I miss that time, but when I am unable to sleep at night, I let my mind take me back to the Frost Amphitheater, exuberantly dancing and loving in the glittering sunlight. My little mental "safe place."

It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago...

https://imgur.com/a/trNQcp1

Reviewer: Franklin's Towel - - October 25, 2017
Subject: Estimated

Quite a version. Excellently played show

Reviewer: kbmill - - July 1, 2016
Subject: bread crumb

the end of Alabama Getaway is unusual and unique, at least to my ear, to this point in time. Frost brought out the weirdness in the drummers the year before as well.

Reviewer: stanforddead - - July 10, 2015
Subject: Upbeat Eyes

Another Alabama Getaway opener (cf. 10-09-82)! toylike tinkly sound to keys in They Love Each Other ~3:00. Heavy Birdsong jam 6:30ff. Sound quality of the tape is pretty thin. Nice heavy Ten. lead up to ending 6:30ff. Nice jam in Estimated (11:00ff.). Spunky/speedy tempo Eyes. Not much outstanding, but good show.

Reviewer: MichaelTurner-sfs - - August 20, 2014
Subject: Great Recording by a Kind Brother

Yet another great recording of a very good who by my old friend, Rango. Excellent job, bro!

Reviewer: Folkhippy - - September 21, 2013
Subject: AUDs are heady

kee-zee, may I recommend you check out deadlistening.com for many choice AUD recommendations. When I first got into Dead tapes, I was a SBD-only listener, but then I found super crispy AUDs like this and learned how to appreciate them. Tapers like Rango, Jim Wise, Jerry Moore, and Joni Walker make this easy.

I'm also happy to meet another Brother Esau fan. It's one of my favorite Dead tunes.

Reviewer: kee-zee - - August 20, 2013
Subject: My father favored Esau...bump away!

You will usually find my reviews in the SBD area's..My brother forces me to listen outside the box and check out an AUD or two..I must say you get that down and dirty vibe of the show!! I really enjoyed this AUD version of a great 83' show and will do more AUD research! so please..GIVE IT A WHIRL!!Forever Grateful>Forever Dead!!

Reviewer: jjg4762 - - February 24, 2013
Subject: So What.

Never noticed it before but around the 11:30 to the 12:25 minute mark of Estimated it almost sounds like the So What jam and or a little bit like the Jam in Don't Let Go. Had to click back and relisten . Over all these 2 nights were better then the Ventura shows the end of July.
As always the sound quality is right up there with any other great sounding aud tape. In other words I LOVE IT

Reviewer: Evan S. Hunt - - August 21, 2010
Subject: Yet Another Rango Gem...

...that i missed before while scouring these vaulted annals. Phew! How 'bout that? Slick as a whistle. This show is quite a find. 'Tis a pleasing rendition of the ambient available joyful noise present there that afternoon in the great outdoors at lovely Stanford Frost.

Excellent audience recording. All colors of the sound spectrum are well-defined. Kudos to Mssr's Keshavan & Miller. Thanks, gents.

The band's performance is what the band's performance usually was even on a bad night: superb. And as usual to me each tune was competently displayed. Thanks, Boys.

And while i'm at it hurling great swelling words of praise and recognition, how could i not mention the Archives and how much they do for all of us? Thanks, Archives.

Time to break out the pocketbook and send a donation.

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - - August 20, 2010
Subject: come to expect

from metal tapes, bright highs slight twang

Reviewer: gratedude69 - - August 20, 2010
Subject: good 83

was expecting it to be a little but hotter but i cant complain it still smokes, great song selection, all well played

Reviewer: pnc - - December 17, 2008
Subject: Very Good!

This is very good. Very good sound, and a high energy, high quality '83 show (which means there are a couple bumps along the way--Esau).However, the boys, especially Jerry, showed up to ROCK. Birdsong, Shakedown, Eyes..even Black Peter.

Get this.

As always, thanks to all involved. Thanks for keeping the sounds alive!

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